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EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Limited). EESL is working towards ment with public utilities, manufacturers, laboratory, and sup-
US 20 bn market that will include gas engines to produce cooling, heat ply-chain to deploy in a programmatic manner. Various consultations
and electricity to halve power costs for establishments like hotels, meetings have been carried out with MoEF&CC (Ministry of Environ-
hospital and malls. ment, Forest and Climate Change), BEE (bureau of energy efficien-
cy), IShRAE (The Indian Society of heating, Refrigerating and Air
Room Air Conditioners Conditioning Engineers) and its alignment with Indian Cooling
Action Plan. Our hPMP (hCFCs Phase Out Management Plan) work
India is projected to see the world’s fastest growing cooling demand with Ozone cell, Moreover, MoEF&CC’s potential to support EESL’s
and consequently, air conditioning market. yet, India has one of the Building EE Programme further leads to its significance & pos-
lowest penetrations of air conditioners across the world today with itive impact. This leads to partnership and joining hands with the
only 8% Indian households. This is anticipated to rise to 21% and leading power distribution companies of Delhi NCR - BSES Raj-
40% in 2027-28 and 2037-38 respectively. The air conditioner stock dhani, BSES yamuna and other utilities to dole out 50,000 high
in Indian market is close to 40 million units with approximately 7 efficiency variable speed and climate friendly air conditioners.
million units sold in Fy’2018. The electricity consumption for room EESL under component-2 for project GEF-6 called ‘Creating and
air conditioners accounts for 42% of the total consumption in space Sustaining Markets for Energy Efficiency’, focusing on identifying
cooling and approximately 4.3% of the country’s total electricity con- and promoting innovative technologies through Super-Efficient
sumption. According to the “India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP)”, the Air-Conditioners.
aggregated nationwide space cooling requirement, in TR (ton of re- Government of India expanded its ambitious Standards & Label-
frigeration), is projected to grow around 8 times i.e. from 130 mn TR ling (Star Rating) program for Energy Efficient for Appliances to cover
in 2017-18 to nearly 1000 mn TR by 2037-38. the Microwave Ovens and Washing Machines. The Star Labelling Pro-
Within space cooling in Buildings, Room Air Conditioners (RAC) grams has been formulated by Bureau of Energy Efficiency. The pro-
constitutes the dominant share. Currently the average efficiency level gram will now include these two appliances for grant of Star Rating
of room air conditioner stock in the Indian market is around 3.2 ISEER in terms of their energy performance. Initially, the program for above
(Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) which is way below the cur- two appliances will be implemented on a voluntary basis and will be
rent efficiency levels of 4.5 ISEER (Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency valid up to 31st December 2020.
Ratio) available in the Indian room air conditioner market. Therefore,
the efficiency intervention for room air conditioners presents a huge Smart Meter
potential for electricity savings and use of environment friendly re-
frigerants. The super-efficient air-conditioner program is one such In August 2013, Ministry of Power released a vision document titled
initiative of EESL that aims to make super-efficient air conditioner af- “Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for India” to provide a roadmap for
fordable for the masses and in doing so minimize the cooling related setting up smart grids in India by the year 2027 with the objective
electricity demand and associated climate threats. of access, availability and affordability of power for all. In progress
To achieve this ambitious target, innovative solutions and sustain- of smart grid, The Government of India had formed NSGM (Nation-
able market transformations are the need of the hour. As also listed in al Smart Grid Mission), to facilitate formulation of state/utility spe-
the Indian Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) goals, the adoption of innova- cific Smart Grid roadmap, regulations and implementation plan, Net
tive and climate friendly solutions would lead to reduction in cooling Metering policy, Model Smart Grid Regulations and specification of
energy requirements and refrigerant demand. Better integration and smart meters (IS16444).
implementation of the existing strategies (viz. bulk procurement and Government of India has decided to make all meters smart prepaid
utility-based mechanism) taking into consideration both the Energy in three years from 1st April, 2019. This step is likely to bring revolution
Efficiency and GWP of refrigerant can significantly reduce the adverse in power sector by way of reduction in AT&C losses, better health of
impacts and help India to meet the objectives under the Paris Agree- DISCOMs, incentivisation of energy conservation, ease of bill payments
ment and Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol. and doing away with the paper bills. Manufacturing of smart prepaid
EESL introduce the Super-Efficient AC program through engage- meters will also generate skilled employment for the youth.

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